The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week and the unemployment rate appeared to have picked up in May, suggesting layoffs were rising ...

Weekly jobless claims rose in the week ending July 27 to a 2024 high. Is this a signal for the state of the labor market or simply noise? The Data: The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly ...

Eight thousand more Americans filed initial unemployment claims for the week ending May 31, according to a Thursday ...

Weekly initial unemployment claims Thursday were 231,000, 22,00 higher than the previous week. It's the highest number since August. But continuing unemployment claims dropped by 59,066.

Weekly jobless claims in the U.S. increased more than expected in May to a seasonally adjusted 240,000 for the week ended May 24, according to the Labor Department.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000 for the week ended Dec. 7, ... US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise.

Weekly Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly. New unemployment claims for the week ending December 7 totaled 242,000, higher than economists’ forecasts of 220,000. BY REUTERS. Dec 12, 2024.

K to 247K vs. 236K consensus and 239K prior (revised from 240K), according to data released by the Department of Labor on Thursday.

Ahead of Friday's April jobs report, here's a small cautionary sign: weekly ... jobless benefits, well more than analysts were expecting and the greatest figure in more than two months. Still, the ...

Initial jobless claims rose to 249,000 in the week ending July 27, higher than the expected 236,000. The figure could serve as a signal for the July jobs report to be released Friday.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000 for the week ended Dec. 7, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...

US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise. ... Initial jobless claims in the U.S. rose unexpectedly to 242,000 last week. The unemployment rate increased to 4.2% as the labor market slows.